Speaking to talkSPORT, Dyke said: "Am I surprised at the negative reaction? No, not really. What we've put forward is an idea, an idea that might help the process of getting kids from 17 or 18 up until 22 into the first team.

"Kids can't get through when you've got the biggest, most successful league in the world. First of all, the first half [of the commission's report] is a piece of analysis, what is the problem and how serious is it?

"Anyone who reads that should be very nervous about where football is heading. The level of decline of English players playing at the top level is marked and it's getting worse."